Toy



March 28, 1944.

E. w, BAGGOTT TOY Filed Sept. 10. 1945 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 uunm INVENTOR. v

I E. w. BAGGOTT 2,345,173

TOY

F1168. Sept. 1o, 1943 March 28, 1944.

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I MOW Patented Mar. 28, 1944 TOY Edmund w. Baggott, Brooklyn,

N. Y., assignor to Ideal Novelty & Toy 00., Long Island City, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application September 10, 1943, Serial Ndsmfiis 3 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and improved toy, which can also be iuse'd for various/industrial purposes, when it is desiredto dispense finely divided materials.

One of the objects ofmyinvention is to provide a hand-operated 'toy machine gunorpistol or the like, which will produce intermittent noises and also visibly and intermittently discharge masses of powder.

Another object of my invention is toprcvidc a simple and sturdy device, which has a minimum number of parts, and which can be made and assembled at low cost.

Numerous additional objects will be slated in the annexed description and drawings, which disclose several embodiments of my invention.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the first embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan viewof Fig. 1'.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a double or twin device.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the gun barrel and certain adjacent parts.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 5, partially in elevation.

Fig. '7 is a transverse section of Figs. 5 and '6.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation, partially in section,

showing a toy pistol which is made according to my invention.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of another modification.

In the embodiments of Figs. 1-3 and Figs. 5-7,

the device comprises an outer barrel or socket member II. A cup I4, which is closed at its rear end, is located within and releasably fixed to said socket member II. Said cup I4 can be slid longitudinally into and out of socket member II. This cup I4 is a reservoir for the mass of powder I'I. Said powder Il may be talcum powder, or any finely divided solid material.

The front open end of cup I4 abuts an internal shoulder of socket member II, in order to limit the forward movement of cup I4, when it is slid forwardly into position within socket member II.

The gun-barrel I2 has a piston-enlargement IE, which fits closely and "slidably against the internal longitudinal cylindrical wall of cup I4. The diameter of the longitudinal cylindrical wall of cup I4 is equal to the diameter. of the part Ild of the internal cylindrical wall of socket II which is located directly in front of the front end of said cup, so that piston I6 can slide in said wall-part IId. Said gun-barrel I2 has an enlarged head I8, which fits closely and slidably against the internal cylindrical wall lid of the socket member II. Said cylindrical wall IId has a longitudinal slot IIa. A helical spring I9 has its rear end abutting the front end of head I8, and its front end abutting the internal shoulder IIc of socket. member H. Said spring I9 is abiasing connecting means between socket member Hand cup I4 and barrel I2, andit biases barrel I2 to the normalv position shown in Fig. v6. In this position, the mass of powder I! prevents further rearward movement of barrel I2.

The rear end-wall of cup fixed. to socket member II, lateral pin -35,. which has a releasable, tight, frictional in in the aligned lateral bores of socket memberI I andcup I4. The rear end-wall of cup Ithas a finger-hold. I5. The longitudinal bore 2110f barrel I2 extends through .piston I 6- -Theshape of-the rear endof said .bore 28 isindicated bybroken lines in Fig. 6.

In order-to assemble-these parts, the barrel I2 is first inserted through the socket member II. The cup I4 is then inserted: and the pin 35 is theninserted. The .cup M' may be wholly or partially filled with powder before the parts are assembled. Cup. I4 and barrel I2 can be assembled externally of socket member I I.

The socket member H has a pair of integral and dependingplanar webs 28, which are parallel to each other, as shown ln-Fig. 7.

.These webs 28 are adjacent respective upstanding bearings 21, whichare fixed to stand Ill; orwhich are integral with stand I3. -A shaft-24a is turnably mounted in bearings 21, and webs 28 are turnable on respectivecylindrical portions 240 Of said shaft 2411, so that the shaft-24d can be turned-freely relative to said webs'28.- I Y L' The middle-part 24b, of shaft 24a has a square cross-section. Acam-wheel 2I-,"which has cams 24, has a square bore in Which-saidsquare part 24b fits. 'Any other mean -can be provided :for fixingcam-wheelZI to shaft24a. 1

One end of shaft 24a is provided with a washer 26a, which is fixed .to said end of shaft Ma by screw 26. The other end of shaft 2 5a has an integral enlarged collar 22a. Wheel 22, which has a handle 23, is releasablyj meansvof a screw 25, whose shank is screwed into a tapped. bore of collar 22a. Hence, washer 25a and collar 22a prevent any movement of shaft 24a, in thedirection of its'axis.

The. top cam 24 of cam-wheel 2| extends through $101; I la.

When the shaft 24a is rotated by means of handle 23, so as to turn cam-wheel 2! clockwise from its position which is shown in Fig; 6, the forwardly moving top cam 24 exerts pressure against collar I8, soasto move barrel I 2 forwardly from its biased position. 'Du'ring said forward movement of barrel I2, air can pass through its bore 20 into cup I4, behind the rear end-wall of piston I6.

I4 is .releasably by means of the fixed to collar 22a by When the top cam 24 releases collar N3, the spring l9 snaps the barrel l2 rearwardly, thus sharply compressing the air which was admitted into cup l4, during the forward movement of barrel l2. The air which was thus admitted is sharply forced out of barrel 2, together with some of the powder thus simulating the effect of an explosion, including the noise of an explosion. By rapidly rotating shaft 24a, the effect of a machine gun is simulated. The noise is produced by the sharp impact of the piston 6 against the mass Any suitable stop can be provided for limiting the rearward movement of piston l6, so that the impact of the piston l6 against said stop will produce the noise. I

In order to reload the gun with powder, pin 35 is removed, and cup |4 isremoved, either with barrel I2. or while leaving barrel l2 in socket The embodiment of Fig. 4 is identical with. that of Figs. 1-3, -7, save that the embodiment of Fig. 4 has duplicate gun-barrels I2 and other accessory parts, and its pedestal l3 has lateral feet 33.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 6, one of the webs 28 is provided with a series of recesses 29. A latch pin 39 is mounted for vertical sliding movement in a bore of stand I3, 50 that the tapered head of said pin 30 can enter any of the recesses 29. Said pin 39 is upwardly biased by spring 32. A lateral pin 3| is fixed to latch, pin 39. Said lateral pin 3| is vertically movable in a slot of stand l3. The socket member II and its barrel I2 can thus be angularly adjusted, while latch pin 29 is held down in inoperative position by lateral pin 3|, so that holding pin 30 then clears the recesses 29. After the elevation of socket member H has been adjusted, latch pin 39 is allowed to r se, until its head enters the aligned recess 29. These parts can be omitted, by providing frictional contact between webs 28and bearings 21. Said frictional contact is sufficient to hold socket member i in adjusted angular position.

The embodiment of Figs. 8 and 9 has an'inner barrel 36, which has a piston-member 31, which is slidable in cup 45,'which has a mass of powder 38. Barrel 36 also has an enlargement 42, whose longitudinal cylindrical wall fits slidably against the inner. cylindrical wall of socket 36a. The front end of spring 43 abuts an internal shoulder of socket member 36a. and its rear end abuts enlargement 42. Pin 46 releasably fixes cup 45 to socket member 3611. Trigger 39 is pivoted at 390 to the casing of the device.

A hook-link 49 is pivoted to trigger 39 at 39a. A biasing spring 49 biases the hook-end 4| of the hook-link 49 into contact with the rear endwall' of enlargement 42. Hence, when the trig ger 39 is turned counterclockwise from its position shown in Fig. 8, the pin 44, which is fixed to the casing, turns hook-link 40 downwardly around pivot pin 39a, until hookend 4| releases enlargement 42, so that compression spring 43 snaps the barrel 3'6 and its piston 31 rearwardly.

The trigger 39 is provided with a conventional retum-spring (not shown), for moving said trigger back to its normal position shown in Fig. 8, when the finger-pressure on trigger 39 is released.

In the embodiment of Fig. 9, I use a cam-wheel 48 which operates in the same manner as the cam-wheel 2|, and said cam-wheel is rotated by handle 41. Otherwise the embodiment of Fig. 9 is the same as that of Fig. 8.

In each of the embodiments described herein, there is a cam member, namely, the cam-wheel 2| or the hook-link 49. Each said cam-member is connected to an extension of the socket member, because the respective casings of Figs. 8 and 9, are, in effect, extensions of the socket member. Likewise, the casing of Fig. 8 has a longitudinal slot through which the upper end of the hook-link 40 can project.

The piston-head I9 limits the forward movement of barrel I2, so that the rear end-wall of piston I6 is always located rearwardly of the rear end of slot Ha. The width of slot Ha is approximately equal to the width of cam-wheel 2|.

I claim:

1. A device comprising a recessed outer member which is closed at its rear end, a hollow inner member, said inner member having a longitudinal through-and-through bore and having a part thereof fitting slidably in the recess of said outer member, said inner member being longitudinally slidable relative to said outer member, a spring which rearwardly biases said inner member relative to said outer member, actuating means for moving said inner member forwardly against the biasing force of said spring and for releasing said inner member at a predetermined part of said forward movement, so that said spring can then rearwardly snap said inner member.

2. A device comprising a socket member which has a through-and-through bore, a cup located in said socket member, said cup being open at its front end and having a closed rear end-wall, means for releasably fixing said rear end-wall to said socket member, said cup being longitudinally slidable into and out of said socket member, a barrel which has a through-and-through bore, said barrel being located in said socket member and projecting forwardly out of said socket member, said barrel having a piston which fits slidably in said. cup, a biasing spring located in said socket member and rearwardly biasing said barrel relative to said socket member and said cup, said socket member having a longitudinal slot in front of the front end of said cup, said socket member also having an outwardly directed extension at said longitudinal slot, a cam member rotatably connected to said extension, said cam member having at least one cam extension which can project through said slot and abut a part of said barrel to move said barrel forwardly when said cam member is turned, said cam extension losing contact with said part of said barrel to release said barrel when said cam member has been turned through a predetermined angle, said biasing spring then snapping said barrel rearwardly relative to said socket member and said cup.

3. A powder-dispensing device which comprises a cup which is open at its front end and which is closed at its rear end, a barrel which has a through-and-through longitudinal bore, said barrel having a piston which fits slidably in said cup, said bore extending through said piston, means for longitudinally reciprocating said barrel relative to said cup, saidmeans including a. spring for moving said barrel rearwardly relative to said EDMUND W. BAGGOTT. 

